Edouard Lucas and Primality Testing

Informationen zum Autor Hugh Cowie Williams is a Canadian mathematician. He deals with number theory and cryptography. Klappentext Describes the development and extension of fundamental idea of Edouard Lucas, a French mathematician and mathematical recreationist, that is still used today in the verification of the largest primes. Zusammenfassung Describes the development and extension of fundamental idea of Edouard Lucas! a French mathematician and mathematical recreationist! that is still used today in the verification of the largest primes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preliminaries. The Beginnings. Lucas' Early Work. The Lucas Functions. Lucas' Tests. Later Developments. Early Devices. Kraitchik and Lehmer. Finite Fields. Lucas's Functions Generalized. Special Tests for Primality. The Influence of the Computer. Results from the Computer. Primality Proofs. Probabilistic Primality Tests. Recent Sieve Devices. Primality Proving Today. Bibliography. Index.

Product details

• Authors: H. C. Williams, Hc Williams, Hugh C Williams, Hugh C. Williams, Hugh C. (University of Manitoba) Williams, WILLIAMS HUGH C, Williams Hugh C.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.1998
• EAN: 9780471148524
• ISBN: 978-0-471-14852-4
• No. of pages: 525
• Series: Canadian Mathematical Society; Wiley-Interscience and Canadian Mathematics Series of Monographs and Texts
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; MATHEMATICS / Number Theory, Number Theory